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Post-Covid - Lack of Spatial awareness?

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EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 26/02/2021 23:52

Has anyone else noticed this?
I'm not normally particularly clumsy, but there have been a few things recently - and this afternoon I opened the car door and whacked myself really hard on my forehead with it!
I've never done that in my life before; I simply had no idea I was standing where the door would open - person nearby in the car park was quite concerned.
I'm hoping this is post-covid or long covid, rather than just getting old and senile Hmm

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Schonerlebnis · 27/02/2021 01:17

Me ! I finally went back to work last week and I’m constantly knocking things over. I’ve broken things, dropped things. I’m wondering if it’s because I’m just not paying attention.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 27/02/2021 05:20

Oh good (not in a nasty way!)
Yes, dropping things has been another one for me. And misjudging steps, which I'd put down to not looking down as much because of the mask - but on reflection I didn't do that before.

Of course, tiredness and sleep patterns maybe playing into that, given that we were both posting around midnight - unless you're not in the UK and you were posting at a sensible time of day Grin

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borntobequiet · 27/02/2021 07:00

I had similar some years ago after a really nasty dose of the ‘flu (could barely get out of bed and crawl to the loo for a week) so perhaps it’s a post-viral thing? As far as I can recall, it lasted about three weeks after I felt physically better and the main impact it had was that I avoided driving.

EveryDayIsADuvetDay · 27/02/2021 21:33

Yes, I was a bit worried about driving home, but didn't have much option.
I sat in the car park for a bit and ate chocolate until it stopped hurting.Smile

I remembered this afternoon when I took the rubbish out that I hit myself on the head last week with the lid of the recycling bin,

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